Faultline Online Reporter

Did Liberty Global leak Vodafone talks, to grease the wheels of O2 deal

Our sister publication Wireless Watch, this week raised a very important point about the potential for a merger between Liberty Global and Vodafone in Europe – that it may not be the only deal on the table. Vodafone seems to think that it can outrun Brexit by selling off its UK operation – the country that spawned the business; while Liberty Global seems to be saying, our strongest mobile operator Virgin UK, needs its own network. Liberty Global is a tightly run financial ship, despite the weakness of the British pound against the Europe and the Euro against the dollar, and the fact that it does all of its business in those currencies and reports in dollars. It’s debt pile…